Mamamia’s Tried and Tested series drops every Monday (you’re not dreaming. Today is Tuesday, consider this a cheeky once-off) and is your weekly review of the latest to hit our desks in beauty, health and wellness. You won’t find any #sponsored content here, just honest, relatable and independent advice. This week, Senior Lifestyle Writer Amy Clark road tested seven new foundations in seven days.
Fact: I always thought foundation wasn’t for me.
Too cakey, I said. Covers my freckles, I said. Looks yellow. Smells funky. Goes crusty. Ghosts me after a few hours without so much as a reason why, I said.
But over the last month or so, new foundations have popped up everywhere. And after trying pretty much all of them, I am now eating my words and praying none of them ever leave me.
We asked a makeup artist to show us exactly how to use concealer under your eyes, check it out below. Post continues after video.
To make choosing a new foundation a touch easier, I decided to try and document seven of the latest foundations over a week.
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My thoughts are is that if you’re going to test something, especially something like foundation you should be consistent with how your applying it. If you’re going to use primer it should be a basic primer nothing glowy or luminous. You shouldn’t be using bronzers, oils , setting sprays, highlighters, blush or contouring. Just straight up makeup. There’s no way your test is accurate for anyone to make their own decision. So this whole thing was a waste. How can you tell what the makeup is really like if one you’re putting on “luminous “ primer in one but not the other. That makes no sense whatsoever.